“You build a chapel on your own house and pray there. You do not have to go to church to pay for these idiots,” the President said during the groundbreaking of the Davao City bulk water supply project in Davao City.

The President, who previously claimed the church was the most hypocritical institution in the country, said the church teachings have become “archaic.”

He also criticized the Church for collecting fees for services such as baptism, marriage and funeral while some priests were engaged in corruption and other irregularities.

“Ang mga tao noon nomads. What do they know about the world today tapos pasundin mo ‘yang sinusulat ninyo? Totoo. How can the people there 3,000 years ago predict or project what is happening today? And it’s only the archaic church of — because it’s getting money, that’s all,” he added.

He also lashed at some bishops who have asked for vehicles from the government, “knowing fully well that it is corruption, as there is a separation of church and state.”

“And you have the balls, brave as you are, to ask property of the government. Tapos magsalita kayong mga p***** i** ninyo akala mo sino kayo,” he said.

The President made the remarks a few days after accusing a bishop of allegedly stealing church donations to provide for his family. In his visit to Cavite last week, he identified a certain Bishop “David” who allegedly asks for contributions from the churchgoers but only to pocket the money.

Responding to the President’s remark, Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Caloocan tried to clear his name and insisted that his parents never taught him to steal.